[This story contains spoilers for Shelby Oaks .]

Chris Stuckmann has turned his lifelong dream into a reality. It was never about becoming the world’s most successful movie critic on YouTube ; it was about making a theatrically released motion picture. That ambition is now known as Shelby Oaks , which, after two weeks in the marketplace, is headed toward profitability with a $4 million-plus gross worldwide.

In July of 2024, The Hollywood Reporter caught up with the Ohio native just a few hours before the world premiere of his feature directorial debut at Fantasia in Montreal. If you want to learn all about his background as a prominent YouTuber, as well as the chain of events that led to a record-setting Kickstarter campaign and the backing of Mike Flanagan/Neon, then that

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